This is an adding game for two players. Can you be the first to reach the target?
A game from Italy. Play with a friend and see if you can be the first to get five pieces in a line.
Try playing this game from New Zealand at the beach by drawing the board in the sand. Find an opponent and see if you can win by ending up with your shell in the centre space.
All you need for this game is a pack of cards. While you play the game, think about strategies that will increase your chances of winning.
This Chinese game for two players is a simple version of Wei ch'i or Go. Each player has 20 distinctive pieces - try coins, pebbles, shells. You could try marking the board out in wet sand.
This article explains the use of the idea of connectedness in networks, in two different ways, to bring into focus the basics of the game of Go, namely capture and territory.
